Category: Programming
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Moving Away from AI Bloat – Linux: Pop!_OS
I’ve decided to move away from the excessive AI bloat taking over. I still use AI however I prefer to have more control of what I agree to use. My plan, since my disability gives me a great use case for AI, has moved towards…
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Introducing: Habit Atomics – Build Better Habits
I decided I need to help myself build better habits, as intended from the start of this year. In the spirit of rapid prototype to usable project, I was naughty and first relied on code LLMs I have access to. Almost excellent prototype app, near…
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Introducing: Author Assist – Beta 1
After my first rushed NaNoE.V1, then a slightly better NaNoE.V2, my experimental NaNoE.V3 didn’t feel right, at the time. NaNoE.Refresh didn’t quite fit for me either. We’re nearing November, and it isn’t WriMo anymore, but there are tons of challenges and communities worldwide, that are…
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Offline Coding LLM Use in VSCode With Ease
While the idea behind naming it all vibe coding has made me consider it should only be used in roles similar to a Full-Stack Mood Developer, I’ve enjoyed the strong capabilities of Copilot Pro access I received at the GitHub Constellation Johannesburg from November 14,…
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itch.io – SA Game Jam 2025
A new game jam is on the way! Be sure to check it out, especially if you’re interested in making your first game(s)! The SA Game Jam 2025 starts on Friday 19 September 2025, and the two ending times are 6pm Sunday (SAST, 48 hour)…
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Amusement: PHP Self Build Markdown Wiki
I’ve been struggling to write the 50k novel this month, unfortunately. I love using NaNoE Refresh already and have made a decent start for my unplanned novel. It’s just safe to share I’m struggling to get my mind back on straight with challenge of cutting…
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GPT-Systems: Moving Over to AIDC-AI/Ovis2-1B OCR
As part of my lunch time research for the day, on LLMs, I actually saw a Reddit comment mention a small size LLM that does OCR in a speedy manner, for me to try out: AIDC-AI/Ovis2-1B. I only had a single small delay today. I…
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Active e-Fitness: Hyper – Entering Closed Beta
As part of the changes since the start of December, I’ve realised I should just kick my own backside. Over the years I’ve made several exercise apps for myself, and it hasn’t gotten to the point where I can release it for others to use…
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Local LLMs: Deepseek R1 8b in VSCode
As an experiment for this week, this morning I decided I should get a model of Deepseek R1 running on my local dev machine. I went on a whim, went slow step-by-step through what I felt like implementing, only around 7 hours in speedy research…